Affordability

RUTLAND, VT – Last night in Rutland, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.)  hosted a community conversation where he discussed challenges facing Vermont and ways he is working to make Vermont’s communities more affordable, businesses more successful, and families healthier and safer. The town hall event…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following statement on the start of the 119th Congress:   “When I walk onto the floor of the U.S. Senate, I think about the Vermonters I’ve been elected to represent: The parents working multiple jobs who just…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced the Rural Homeownership Continuity Act of 2024, legislation to fix the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Section 502 Single Family Housing Loan Guarantee mortgage assistance program to provide more financing options so rural families can become homeowners. The bill…